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- Title
See-through concept car exposes all.
- Abstract
The article discusses a concept car made by automotive visionary Frank M. Rinderknecht of Rinspeed AG, Zumikon, Switzerland, and the AutoCreative team at Bayer MaterialScience AG (BMS), Leverkusen, Germany. The bodywork and floor of the "eXasis" two-seat vehicle are made of transparent Makrolon polycarbonate. The transparent body parts of the eXasis are produced by thermoforming on tools made of a polyurethane modeling foam based on Desmodur and Desmophen polyurethane raw materials.
- Subjects
GERMANY; EXPERIMENTAL automobiles; TRANSPARENT solids; POLYURETHANES; POLYCARBONATES; BAYER MaterialScience AG; RINSPEED Inc.; RINDERKNECHT, Frank M.
- Publication
Advanced Materials & Processes, 2007, Vol 165, Issue 4, p4
- ISSN
0882-7958
- Publication type
Article